Completed week 7! I do however have concerns regarding the run. As I've said before I run through the lanes, early morning time there's only one or two cars which I have to stop for because I've got the dogs with me. I only stop for about 10 seconds however, today I had to stop about 5 times. Only for a few seconds but am worried it's like resting. What are your thoughts on this? 😏
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I have a similar run. I ignore the occasional pause for a car. Nothing I can do about it so why worry. It's running in the real world. Town runners have to stop at junctions after all. We country lane runners are lucky though.

I really wouldn't worry. In strict time running terms you may have underrun but in the grand scheme of things it not going to make a lot of difference.
I have 19, yes, NINETEEN ****ing gates to deal with on my home 5k run, which I estimate each take about 5 seconds running time to encounter...............I don't think it has done me any harm.
Keep running, keep smiling.
Kissing gates? No need to star that out😀
I love kissing gates... Husband and I have kissed at every one we have gone through since before we were married.. ( OK...I know I did not need to share that)
Maybe if you did more than kissing we don't need to know eg if they were those gates IannodaTruffe mentioned, ahem.
Just for clarification, I first posted about the ****ing gates four years ago healthunlocked.com/couchto5... but the council, in their wisdom have added another since then!.
I think it's fine to stop. This is real life and these things happen. A stop of a few seconds really won't matter and when you get past graduation you will be running further so stops will just be part of that process. Be easy on yourself

Your head's not stopping, you're not stopping for a breather, you're good.

Just don't worry.. you could work out the time and then add it on... but really no need... I know folk who have run up and down lines of cars waiting at the railway crossing to add time on to a run at the end..or around supermarket car parks...
Just keep on running, that is the best thing

Thanks so much. I feel much better. To be honest I found this run a little easier maybe it's the cars or might even be my stamina, either way I'm excited to start week 8.. you're all a bunch of nutters though and you crack me up! So glad I found this forum 😜
Don't sweat the small stuff
I can remember the same concern on one of mine when I stopped a bit too early because Mr Smooth said something along the lines of okay you're done but then he continued chatting for a few more seconds then he said 'you can start walking now' it really played on my mind as I felt I'd cheated. But it's a runner's lot to have to pause from time to time. It counts, of course it counts, you ran it.